Monday, 1 March 2010

A quadriplegic man has been seriously injured at an AC/DCconcert after his friend hit the joystick of his motorised wheelchair, catapulting him into the mosh pit.

Witnesses said a metal pin used by the 31-year-old man to manoeuvre objects embedded in his eye as his chair crashed more than a metre to the floor of Brisbane's Queensland Sport and Athletic Centre.The venue is facing criticism for not placing a proper barrier in front of the wheelchair podium.The platform had side and rear barriers, but the only barrier at the front of the podium was a strip of timber and plastic caution tape.The incident happened as more than 45,000 fans enjoyed the legendary Aussie rockers' second of two sold-out shows in the city.The man's friend accidentally struck the joystick with his hand, and the wheelchair shot forward and fell off the platform.A witness said the man's friend was "shattered, just devastated by what happened".Paramedics immediately attended to the injured man, a former truck driver who was paralysed in an accident.A hospital official said the man is out of intensive care but remains in a serious, but stable condition.Stadiums Queensland, the organisation which controls the venue, issued a statement saying it was aware of the incident and was investigating.

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